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Fédération Européenne des Activités de la Dépollution et de l’Environnement

European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services

Europäischer Verband der Entsorgungswirtschaft


Landfilling in the EU:

The 2030 perspective

Nathalie BuijsFEAD - European Federation of Waste Management and

Environmental Services

STOA workshop on Circular Economy – Brussels, 15 June 2016


About FEAD

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Management of municipal waste in the EU

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Source: Eurostat (2014)


Revision of the Landfill Directive

Commission proposal:

• Landfill diversion target (municipal waste): 10% by 2030

• No interim targets (25% target by 2025 deleted)

• By 2024, consider restrictions to the landfilling of “non-hazardous

waste other than municipal waste”

• Landfill ban for separately collected waste

European Parliament (ENVI Committee):

• “Phasing out” instead of “reduction” of landfilling

• Landfill diversion targets (municipal waste): 25% by 2025 and 5% by

2030 (limited to residual waste)

• Landfill ban for paper, metal, plastic, glass, bio-waste, wood and

textile (waste “to be” separately collected)

• Alignment with the Malagrotta case

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How to achieve the targets?

Push measures

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• EU leadership is key: need for binding landfill diversion targets at

EU level and close monitoring by the Commission to check progress

towards the target.

• Exchange on best practices / Best Available Techniques: technical

assistance of frontrunners to Member States lagging behind.

• Financial support to divert waste from landfill and build a proper

waste management infrastructure (EU funds, role of the private

sector).

FEAD position on landfilling:

Only wastes for which no environmentally sound or economically practicable

recycling or recovery operations exist should be landfilled.

At the same time, landfilling should remain available for those wastes

where it is the most sustainable option.


How to achieve the targets?

Pull measures

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• Pull measures to boost the market for secondary raw materials

are crucial to increase recycling and hence divert waste from

landfills, e.g. green public procurement, reduced VAT for secondary

raw materials, recycled content requirements…

• Eco-labelling rules to incorporate indications of recycled content

and recyclability.

FEAD position on the Circular Economy Package:

The achievement of a true circular economy will need to cover a full circle

starting with eco-design thereby ensuring that the amount of waste which

cannot be recycled is reduced to a minimum. Supply side measures alone

such as recycling or landfill diversion targets will not deliver a more

circular economy. Regulatory changes and economic instruments are also

needed on the demand side to create more sustainable and resilient

markets for secondary raw materials.


The next steps

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• Negotiations on the Circular Economy Package to continue under

the Slovak EU Presidency…

• In the meantime, the Commission is conducting a study on

treatment of municipal waste before landfilling:

• Analysis of the implications of the Malagrotta ruling (C-323/13)

• Assessment of current practices regarding treatment before

landfilling in the Member States

• Investigation of Member States’ landfills (visits in 18 selected

Member States)

• Recommendations to improve implementation

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